🎹 Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 8 Piano Four Hands
🎭 Emotional Character
Lonely and spacious, where silence fills the gaps and hurtling at breathtaking speed — confident without pressing, full of motion in every corner.
👤 Suggested For
🎓 Intermediate Students
🏆 Advanced Students
🎹 Concert Pianists
🖐 Large Hands
🎤 Recital Repertoire
⏰ Estimated Practice Time
17
weeks to performance-ready
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
5hper week
97htotal est.
3hard segments
* Estimate assumes ~5h focused practice/week for an average-level student at this difficulty tier.
🎯 Difficulty Assessment
Advanced
61
/ 100
Challenging - needs solid technique and independence
5,389
Total Notes
13%
Interleaved
5.52
Avg N/Beat
0
Ornaments
Score Breakdown
🎼
Hand Interleaving
4/25
13% of notes interleave - hands mostly play separately
⏱
Note Density per Beat
20/30
Busiest beats: 9 notes/beat (avg 5.52) - dense passages
✨
Ornaments & Grace Notes
0/20
0 ornamental notes (0%) - no significant ornamentation
📏
Pitch Range (per hand)
15/15
Right: F4–E7 (35 st) | Left: E1–A#5 (54 st)
↕
Largest Interval Leap
10/10
48 st (4 Oct) - extreme leaps
#
Chromatic Complexity
2/8
22% black-key notes - some accidentals
♬
Polyphony / Voices
7/7
~5.6 notes active per beat (max 13) - contrapuntal texture, multiple independent lines
⏳
Piece Length
3/5
3m 33s - medium length: sustained focus needed
🎚 Dynamics
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Wide dynamic range (f avg) - strong expressive control needed
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🎹 Note Range - Piano Keyboard
Upper dot = RH (Right Hand)
Lower dot = LH (Left Hand)
White dot on black key = sharp/flat note used
📐 Note Range per Hand · Sheet Preview
🤚 Left Hand
| Lowest | E1 |
| Highest | A#5 |
| Span | 54 st (4Oct+TT) |
| Notes | 4,108 |
| Widest leap | 48 st F1→F5 |
🖐 Right Hand
| Lowest | F4 |
| Highest | E7 |
| Span | 35 st (2Oct+M7) |
| Notes | 1,281 |
| Widest leap | 24 st A#4→A#6 |
🖐 Hand Span & Chord Density
Left Hand
Max chord span: 48 semitones (4 Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 4 notes · 959 chords
⚠️ 716 stretch chords (>octave)
Right Hand
Max chord span: 12 semitones (Oct)
0 stOctave2 Oct
Avg chord: 2.3 notes · 292 chords
↪️ Scales & Thumb Crossing
No significant scale runs detected — this piece does not heavily rely on thumb-crossing technique.
🔁 Repeating Phrases
28%
Repeated
Only 76 of 267 bars repeat — this piece is largely through-composed with mostly unique material throughout.
Repeated bar
Unique bar
🎯 Suggested Practice Passages
?Each "passage" is 2 consecutive measures (ô nhịp). The algorithm scores every passage by note density and interval leaps, then picks the 3 hardest for focused practice.
The hardest passages in this piece — spend extra time here before running the full piece.
📍 Measures 219–220
Hardest
📍 Measures 222–223
2nd hardest
📍 Measures 232–233
3rd hardest
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How difficult is Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 8 Piano Four Hands on piano?
Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 8 Piano Four Hands is rated
Advanced
on PianoMetric's piano difficulty scale, with a score of 61/100.
It was composed by Antonin Leopold Dvorak. This piece requires solid technique including hand independence, dynamics control, and expressive phrasing. The piece runs approximately 3m 33s. It contains 5,389 notes in total.
How long does it take to learn Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 8 Piano Four Hands?
Based on PianoMetric's analysis, learning Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 8 Piano Four Hands to a
performance-ready level takes approximately
17 weeks
(~97 total practice hours) for a advanced level student.
A serious study piece — consistent daily practice over several months is realistic.
Where can I download the piano sheet music PDF for Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 8 Piano Four Hands?
You can download the piano sheet music PDF for Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 8 Piano Four Hands directly on this page.
The sheet is 11 pages long.
Click the 'PDF Download' button above to get the full score.
Is there a video tutorial for Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 8 Piano Four Hands piano?
Yes — a piano video tutorial for Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 8 Piano Four Hands is embedded on this page.
You can watch it here or follow the 'Play on YouTube' link.
The tutorial covers the full arrangement at 320 BPM.
What piano level is required to play Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 8 Piano Four Hands?
Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 8 Piano Four Hands is suited for
Advanced
level pianists (difficulty score 61/100).
Expect to work on hand independence, dynamics shaping, and nuanced phrasing — this is a serious repertoire piece.
What is the mood or feel of Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 8 Piano Four Hands?
Lonely and spacious, where silence fills the gaps and hurtling at breathtaking speed — confident without pressing, full of motion in every corner. It belongs to the Piano
genre.
The piece is played at 320 BPM.
